This is wonderful news and, along with all the improvements we’re making at the Chapter hangar facility, is a strong indicator that the Chapter is emerging from this dark period and is in great shape! In addition, we’ll have more information about the Fred Kacena Scholarship Program, which we’re able to restart this month due to a generous donation to the program from an EAA240 member. Join your fellow Chapter members, guests and our invited speakers, who include representatives from the New Castle KILG Tower team, the Philadelphia FAASTeam, PHL Air Traffic team, and Joe Lamonaca. Again, our goal is that members, through discussion with Tower staff and FAA, can take the opportunity to have a broader understanding of the operation of local TFR’s which should, in turn, help in flight planning, preparation and execution. TFR’s happen and will be part of our flight experience for the foreseeable future. The purpose, need for, and impacts of TFR’s is being actively discussed elsewhere and this session is not intended to challenge the merits of TFR’s as they currently stand. From these discussions our hope is that members can have a broader understanding of the operation of TFR’s which should, in turn, help in their flight planning and execution. The teams will share their experiences to-date of TFR operations, recent violations and make recommendations as to how pilots might best deal with the situation and the ‘best practices’ they have observed. We have invited both groups to meet with Chapter members and invited guests to describe the operation of a TFR from the KILG operations standpoint, and from the FAA perspective. The TFR frequency, duration and timing changes provide challenges, not only for pilots but also for the management and staff of New Castle Airport KILG and the local FAA teams. Our home base airport N57 is locked-down whenever a TFR is declared and there have already been instances of pilot’s from airports under the TFR designated coverage violating Presidential airspace.
Presidential TFR’s are proving impactful and disruptive to the commercial and General Aviation communities in our area. We continue our Chapter Monthly Meetings with another special and topical session on Monday, May 3rd, at 7pm.
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